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$xhtml = array(
	'<{title}>' => 'Records release',
	'takedown' => '2017-11-01',
	'<{body}>' => <<<END
<img src="/img/CC_BY-SA_4.0/y.st./weblog/2019/02/18.jpg" alt="Mountains in the distance" class="framed-centred-image" width="649" height="480"/>
<section id="drudgery">
	<h2>Drudgery</h2>
	<p>
		My discussion post for the day:
	</p>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			PHP-GTK adds the graphical capabilities $a[PHP] lacks, which is fantastic.
			However, it&apos;s also unmaintained.
			It doesn&apos;t support modern $a[PHP], nor does it support modern {$a['GTK+']}.
			It&apos;s a shame, really.
			I&apos;d love to get into building graphical applications, and $a[PHP] is my go-to language for everything.
			I&apos;m either going to need to wait until I&apos;ve had time to learn Perl though, or build my graphical applications in Java.
			For the time being, building graphical applications in $a[PHP] just isn&apos;t feasible.
		</p>
		<p>
			I agree that dynamic pages are used more often than they should be.
			Like you said, researching a topic, such as $a[PEAR], shouldn&apos;t really need to involve anything dynamic.
			This classroom website obviously needs dynamic pages to handle the adding of new posts as we make them, but a simple online instruction manual doesn&apos;t need that kind of functionality.
		</p>
		<p>
			I like how you turn your in-text citations into hyperlinks, by the way.
			I think I&apos;ll start doing that as well.
			I&apos;ve been just turning the $a[URI]s in the references section into hyperlinks, but having links up where they&apos;re relevant is more convenient for readers.
		</p>
	</blockquote>
</section>
<section id="medical">
	<h2>Medical check-up</h2>
	<p>
		When I arrived at the doctors&apos; office, they pestered me about adding a telephone number to my account again.
		I need to start coming up with a list of responses for when people do that.
		I always just straight-up tell people I don&apos;t have telephone service, but I could instead have fun with this.
		I need multiple responses though, so I can pull one out at a moment&apos;s notice.
		Like, this time, they told me they needed to update the telephone number on the account.
		I could have said that they number on the account should already be up-to-date.
		Or I could have said the number on file should still be valid.
		Then when they told me there was no number on the account, I could have said &quot;Exactly.&quot;.
		When they said they needed a number, I could ten reveal I have no telephone service once again.
		Neither of those options would sound good when they directly ask my what my telephone number is though, which is what they usually do.
		I need various responses for to deal with the various ways in which people request a telephone number to put on my accounts.
	</p>
	<p>
		The pulse reader nurses and medical assistants put on your finger to read your pulse wasn&apos;t working on me.
		They said nail polish sometimes prevents them from working.
		They tried several times, to no avail.
		That seems like a bizarre flaw.
		Is it reading the pulse through the finger nail, and even a slight added thickness adds too much of a barrier to the sound?
		It seems like it would be easier to read through the fleshy side of the finger, which doesn&apos;t get painted anyway.
		Maybe the veins are closer to the nail or something.
	</p>
	<p>
		It seems my blood pressure has gone up.
		The doctor didn&apos;t know why, and said not to worry about it for now.
		If it stays up, we&apos;ll deal with it then.
	</p>
	<p>
		The nurse wanted to know what questions I was going to ask the doctor when they came in, and on the list was the new bruise that showed up on my scrotum yesterday.
		I was told one of the side effects of a vasectomy was scrotal bruising, but that never happened on the day of my vasectomy, or even during my entire recovery week.
		I figured it was probably nothing to worry about, but the delayed timing was odd, and since I was going to have the attention of a medical professional for a bit today, I figured it wouldn&apos;t hurt to ask.
		The nurse asked if I&apos;d be okay with filling out a records release form so they could get those records on file.
		Ha ha, no.
		I don&apos;t mind them putting my vasectomy in their records, but they don&apos;t need to pull records from another clinic and track me between medical facilities.
		Especially as this clinic won&apos;t stop pushing the idea I&apos;m a man and asking me gendered questions (fill out this section if you&apos;re a man, or this section if you&apos;re a woman; not even asking about sex (male/female), but about gender (man/woman)).
		Stop misgendering me, and <strong>*maybe*</strong> we&apos;ll talk.
		Maybe.
		But probably not.
		There&apos;s no reason to track me between facilities.
	</p>
	<p>
		I asked about the keto diet, and they said I should stay away from it, as well as any other fad diets.
		My friends say it&apos;s safe, but Wikipedia says it&apos;s not.
		It looks like the doctor sides with Wikipedia.
		They did say they&apos;d put me in touch with a dietician when they get a chance though.
		I wonder, are they sending me a letter via post or email?
		I wouldn&apos;t be surprised if they think they&apos;re going to telephone me.
		Ha ha, no.
		I don&apos;t need help from a dietician <strong>*that*</strong> badly.
	</p>
	<p>
		I asked about a couple bruises I&apos;ve got.
		One&apos;s under my toenail.
		It&apos;s been there for months.
		Honestly, I assumed the blood got caught under the toenail and the bruise won&apos;t go away until my toenail grows out more.
		In fact, I can even see the dried blood under the end of it.
		But if I&apos;ve got the attention of a medical professional, I might as well ask.
		Their assessment was the same as mine.
		I also asked about the aforementioned scrotal bruise.
		They said there was likely internal bleeding during the procedure, and it took a while for the blood to pool at the surface.
		Again, nothing to worry about.
	</p>
	<p>
		I also asked about my dry hand skin.
		They recommended cortisone.
		Either that, or creams and/or emollients.
		They specifically recommended <strong>*against*</strong> lotions though.
		Lotions have more water, which they say dries out your skin more.
		Oops.
		I&apos;ve been using lotion every once in a while to help with the dry skin, but I might have been making it worse.
	</p>
	<p>
		Lastly, I asked about cosmetic procedures.
		I figured this clinic didn&apos;t offer them, but it didn&apos;t hurt to ask.
		Specifically, I&apos;m looking for permanent hair removal, and down the road, potentially some mole removals.
		As I thought, this clinic doesn&apos;t offer them.
		I thought they&apos;d be able to recommend a place that does at least offer hair removal, but they couldn&apos;t.
		They just said to try a Web search.
		The only place in town I could find online doesn&apos;t currently have a $a[laser] technician though and can&apos;t help me.
		When I have time, I&apos;ll try searching harder, though if I can&apos;t find a place, I&apos;ll have to bike to the next town over for it.
		It&apos;ll be worth it, but I&apos;d rather stay in town if I can.
		It&apos;ll make it easier to fit into my schedule.
	</p>
</section>
END
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